FinOps Consultant
As a FinOps Consultant you will help to drive cost optimisation and efficiency in cloud environments. This is a hands‑on and customer‑facing role helping organisations design and implement FinOps capabilities to continuously optimise spend and deliver maximum value from their public cloud investment.
Key Responsibilities
- Collate, analyse and prioritise cloud cost optimisation recommendations and calculate potential savings and benefits using FinOps tools.
- Implement rate and usage optimisations within public cloud environments (Azure, AWS, GCP).
- Create high quality customer‑facing collateral explaining cloud cost optimisation and FinOps and present them to customers, both technical and non‑technical.
- Design and implement FinOps maturity roadmaps for customers to accelerate their FinOps capabilities from scratch or optimise existing approach.
- Design and deliver training and enablement sessions to raise customers’ understanding of cloud finance and economics.
- Collaborate with pre‑sales, professional services and managed services to design and implement cost optimisation recommendations and best practices.
Skills / Experience
- Hands‑on experience implementing FinOps to optimise cloud costs, with deep understanding of levers available to optimise cloud costs.
- Strong understanding of the FinOps framework, capabilities, lifecycle and domains.
- Hands‑on experience with native and third‑party public cloud cost management tools.
- Comfortable public speaking and presenting to a wide range of audiences.
- Ability to work independently with strong attention to detail and accuracy.
- Ability to develop and maintain strong internal and client relationships.
- Highly strong numerical and finance skills to investigate data and spot trends and anomalies.
Qualifications
Required:
- Certifications such as FinOps Practitioner or FinOps Professional.
Preferred but not essential:
- Flexibility to travel to clients and London HQ when required.
Legal EEO Statement
We welcome applicants from all backgrounds and identities regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marital or civil partnership status, pregnancy or maternity, race, religion or belief, sex, and sexual orientation. We are also committed to equity, accessible hiring practices, and creating an inclusive culture through many means including TogetHer (Women's network) and our Employee Resource Groups which include Diversity and Inclusion, Telefónica Tech Pride, Neurodiversity, ELEVATE (African and Caribbean heritage network), and Sustainability.
